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Wardell Milan

(American, born 1977)

little red tulip by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

Little Red Tulip, 2011

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portrait, ned by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

Portrait, Ned, 2015

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portrait, victoria by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

Portrait, Victoria, 2017

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the most beautiful thoughts are sometimes beside the darkest; your smell lingers on the bed. i bury my head in a getaway dream by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

The most beautiful thoughts are sometimes beside the darkest; Your smell lingers on the bed. I bury my head in a getaway dream, 2017

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macho by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

Macho, 2017

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untitled (boxers #4) by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

Untitled (Boxers #4), 2012

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3 warriors: kung fu kelvin, samurai seitu, and king kunta kinte by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

3 Warriors: Kung Fu Kelvin, Samurai Seitu, and King Kunta Kinte, 2019

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hard candy (#4) by wardell milan

Wardell Milan

Hard Candy (#4), 2013

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Biography

Timeline

1977
born in Knoxville, TN
2001
received BFA in Photography and Painting, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2004
received MFA in Photography, Yale University, New Haven, CT
lives and works in New York City, NY

Exhibitions

2019
Wardell Milan Selected Exhibitions in 2019:
Wardell Milan: Parisian Landscapes, Blue Zenith, David Nolan Gallery, New York (solo exhibition)
Parisian Landscapes: Blue in Green, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, CA (solo exhibition)
2018
Wardell Milan Selected Exhibitions in 2018:
Queens International 2018: Volumes, Queens Museum, Queens, NY
Constructing Identity in America (1776-2017), Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
Echoes: Reframing Collage, Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
Vision of the Other Worlds, Sargent’s Daughters, New York, NY
The Beyond: Georgia O’Keefe and Contemporary Art, Crystal Bridges Museum of Contemporary Art, Bentonville, AK; Traveled to North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, NC
2017
Wardell Milan Selected Exhibitions in 2017:
Wardell Milan: PERSONA, Project For Empty Space, 2 Gateway Center, Newark, NJ (solo exhibition)
2016
Wardell Milan Selected Exhibitions in 2016:
George Grosz: Politics and His Influence, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
BIG ART / SMALL SCALE, Philip Slein Gallery, St. Louis, MO
Making & Unmaking, curated by Duro Olowu, Camden Arts Center, London, UK
2015
Wardell Milan Selected Exhibitions in 2015:
The Charming Hour, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY (solo exhibition)
Black: Color, Material, Concept, Studio Museum Harlem, New York, NY
Greater New York, MoMA PS1, New York, NY
Rush20: 1995 – 2015, Rush Philanthropic Arts Foundation, Brooklyn, NY
The Confident Line: George Grosz, Wardell Milan, Andy Warhol, David Nolan Gallery, New York, NY
Permanent Collection Rotation, The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL

Public Collections

The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL
Brooklyn Museum, New York, NY
Daniel & Florence Guerlain Contemporary Art Foundation, Paris, France
Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO
Hessel Museum of Art, Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York
Montclair Art Museum, Montclair, NJ
The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, NY
Museum of Contemporary Photography at Columbia College, Chicago, IL
The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, California, LA
English (US)

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